Breaking Bad Finds New Life as a Comedy

Who would have thought that when Breaking Bad ended, it would live on as a sitcom. Well, sort of. Over the weekend, the Internet gave us two news videos which reveal that, not only was there a lighter side to the death, drugs, and mayhem on the set of Breaking Bad, but turns out Walter White may have had a different ending. In this Breaking Bad gag reel, we get to see Jesse Pinkman struggle to choke down some (fake) weed smoke and battle it out with a pack of cigarettes. We also get to see Walter White go head to head with a garage door opener and a bathroom faucet that won’t turn on.

And in this second video, we actually find out what was really behind all of those Heisenberg shenanigans. Turns out Walter White was just a dream fugue for Cranston’s other famous character: Hal on Malcolm in the Middle. It’s a nod to the famous dream ending of Newhart, not to mention a great way to remind us how truly versatile of an actor Bryan Cranston is. Of course, if the creators really wanted to get meta, they would have had Dr. Tim Whatley wake up to find out that his life as Hal was just a dream. In any case, beyond the pending Saul Goodman prequel, it a nice way to keep the ghost of Breaking Bad kicking for just a little while longer.

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